Author

Frederick William Faber

1814–1863 · Calverley, Yorkshire · England

Raised in a strict Calvinist home of Huguenot descent, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1839 and followed John Henry Newman into the Roman Catholic Church six years later. He wanted Catholics to have hymns as singable as those of Wesley and Cowper, and wrote about 150 of them himself. "Faith of our fathers" first appeared with verses about Mary.

Texts

3

Lived

1814–1863

Hymnals

2